Making architecture offers a unique insight into the mind and work of an Architect, starting with the basics of the profession and culminating with the production of a scaled site model. The course should act as ideal preparation for those interested in undertaking an undergraduate degree in Architecture, although its flexible, intriguing and enjoyable content makes it accessible for all those looking to increase their knowledge in the field.
Delivered primarily by Professors from the IE School of Architecture and design in Segovia (Spain), the course begins by examining the mind-set of an Architect - asking how they think and what they do to train their creative minds, moving on to using inspiration from the environment to stimulate design ideas. Finally, the course concludes by looking at some of the more technical aspects of Architecture - such as composition, form, space and hierarchy - and stressing the importance of creating a story that helps define your design.
This fascinating content is delivered principally from the stunning design studio at the IE school of Architecture and features external videos from a few beautiful locations in the city of Segovia. Finally, it includes interviews from Pritzker Prize executive director - and Dean of the school of Architecture and design at IE - Martha Thorne, with a number of award winning practising architects such as Sarah Wigglesworth and Cristoph Ingenhoven.

In this module, we focus on developing the story behind your design. All great architects have great stories and we will give you an insight to some of those in this week. We will show you how you can develop your own story which will enable you to build the necessary emotional connection to your design. Also, we educate you in how to use photography and modern tools like instagram in order to make your design look as attractive as possible to a wider audience. Finally, we will prepare you for your final and most important assignment of the course.

Taught By

Nenad Katic

Professor

Manuel Perez Romero

Professor

David Jeffrey Goodman

Director of Undergraduate Studies in Architecture

Transcript

[MUSIC] Hi, welcome back to the fourth and final session of this course, making architecture. And what we're going to do in this session, is to bring it all together. We're going to talk about the design process, and we're also going to talk about graphic communication. So what is graphic communication? Well, look at the frame around me. Okay this wasn't an accident, we spent a good amount of time looking for sites, composing the frame so that we would have an interesting back drop. What you can't see now is there's a bunch of light screens that are shining light at my face, so I'm in approximately right tone with respect to the background. You can see the aqueduct behind me which is a symbol of the city of Segovia, where our university is located. In between the arches of that aqueduct, you can see the city. We're a part of the city. We deal with real problems and real issues that we see in the city. Beyond it, nature. Beyond that, you see the mountains. This wasn't an accident. This was the work of graphic communication and that kind of strategizing, that kind of hard work because this wasn't an easy thing to set up. The crew can tell you. All right this kind of work is what the architect does. Graphic communication is a huge part of what we do. Being able to explain our ideas through graphic means, this is really important. So we're going to work on that, we're going to work on the design process and we're going to end this session by talking about your future. So let's get going. [MUSIC]

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